Brief Life History of Luther Mayfield
When Luther Mayfield Thornton was born on 10 February 1890, in Alto, Cherokee, Texas, United States, his father, Albert Willis Thornton, was 29 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Gulledge, was 23. He married Sarah Vanetta Raney on 20 November 1910, in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 22 March 1974, in Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lilbert, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.
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- L M Tharnton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Luther Mayfield Thornton, "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Luther Thornton, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1902
Historical Boundaries: 1902: Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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